IFF_PROMISC support

Gerald Britton gbritton
Wed Nov 20 11:33:24 PST 2002


Here's my patch again, rediffed and updated for current CVS.

This implements IFF_PROMISC and IFF_ALLMULTI (via just setting promisc).
It appears to work as expected.  It also quiets the messages generated
while in promisc mode (the wlan-ng driver does the same).

				-- Gerald

-------------- next part --------------
--- hostap/driver/modules/hostap.c.promisc	2002-11-17 15:00:12.000000000 -0500
+++ hostap/driver/modules/hostap.c	2002-11-19 19:14:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 			  int rtnl_locked);
 static int prism2_wds_del(local_info_t *local, u8 *remote_addr,
 			  int rtnl_locked, int do_not_remove);
+static void prism2_do_set_mc_list(void *data);
 
 /* hostap_ap.c */
 #ifdef WIRELESS_EXT
@@ -684,6 +685,8 @@
 	netif_device_attach(dev);
 	netif_start_queue(dev);
 
+	HOSTAP_QUEUE_INIT(&local->set_mc_queue, prism2_do_set_mc_list, dev);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -718,6 +721,51 @@
 #endif /* HAVE_SET_MAC_ADDR */
 
 
+/* TODO: to be further implemented as soon as Prism2 fully supports
+ *       GroupAddresses and correct documentation is available */
+static void prism2_do_set_mc_list(void *data)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *)data;
+	local_info_t *local = (local_info_t *) dev->priv;
+
+	local->is_promisc = 0;
+
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
+		local->is_promisc = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
+		local->is_promisc = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (hostap_set_word(dev, HFA384X_RID_PROMISCUOUSMODE,
+	                    local->is_promisc)) {
+		printk("%s: %sabling promiscuous mode failed\n",
+		       dev->name, local->is_promisc ? "en" : "dis");
+	}
+
+	MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT;
+}
+
+static void prism2_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	local_info_t *local = (local_info_t *) dev->priv;
+	int promisc = 0;
+
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
+		promisc = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
+		promisc = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (promisc != local->is_promisc) {
+		PRISM2_SCHEDULE_TASK(&local->set_mc_queue);
+	}
+}
+
+
 static int prism2_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
 	if (new_mtu < PRISM2_MIN_MTU || new_mtu > PRISM2_MAX_MTU)
@@ -771,12 +819,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SET_MAC_ADDR
 	dev->set_mac_address = prism2_set_mac_address;
 #endif /* HAVE_SET_MAC_ADDR */
-#ifdef HAVE_MULTICAST
-	/* FIX: to be implemented as soon as Prism2 supports GroupAddresses
-	 * and correct documentation is available */
-
-	/* dev->set_multicast_list = prism2_set_multicast_list; */
-#endif
+	dev->set_multicast_list = prism2_set_multicast_list;
 #ifdef HAVE_PRIVATE_IOCTL
 	dev->do_ioctl = main_dev ? hostap_ioctl : NULL;
 #endif
--- hostap/driver/modules/hostap_hw.c.promisc	2002-11-17 19:28:30.000000000 -0500
+++ hostap/driver/modules/hostap_hw.c	2002-11-19 19:08:43.000000000 -0500
@@ -919,6 +919,22 @@
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
+	local->is_promisc = 0;
+
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
+		local->is_promisc = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
+		local->is_promisc = 1;
+	}
+
+	ret = hostap_set_word(dev, HFA384X_RID_PROMISCUOUSMODE,
+	                      local->is_promisc);
+	if (ret)
+		printk("%s: %sabling promiscuous mode failed\n",
+		       dev->name, local->is_promisc ? "en" : "dis");
+
 	if (!local->fw_ap) {
 		ret = hostap_set_string(dev, HFA384X_RID_CNFDESIREDSSID,
 					local->essid);
@@ -2439,7 +2455,7 @@
 	if (macport != 0) {
 		if (macport == 7) {
 			monitor_rx(dev, rxdesc);
-		} else {
+		} else if (!local->is_promisc) {
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG "RX: Unknown MACPort %d\n", macport);
 		}
 		goto rx_dropped;
@@ -2448,8 +2464,9 @@
 	/* FCS errors should not come this far, but let's make sure that frames
 	 * with errors will be dropped even in Host AP mode */
 	if (status & HFA384X_RX_STATUS_FCSERR) {
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: prism2_rx: dropped FCSErr frame "
-		       "(status=%02X)\n", dev->name, status);
+		if (!local->is_promisc)
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: prism2_rx: dropped FCSErr frame"
+			       " (status=%02X)\n", dev->name, status);
 		goto rx_dropped;
 	}
 
--- hostap/driver/modules/hostap_wlan.h.promisc	2002-11-17 19:28:30.000000000 -0500
+++ hostap/driver/modules/hostap_wlan.h	2002-11-19 19:15:10.000000000 -0500
@@ -1117,6 +1117,14 @@
 	struct work_struct bridge_queue;
 #endif
 
+	/* For scheduling a change of the promiscuous mode RID */
+	int is_promisc;
+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,44))
+	struct tq_struct set_mc_queue;
+#else
+	struct work_struct set_mc_queue
+#endif
+
 	/* command queue for hfa384x_cmd(); protected with cmdlock */
 	struct list_head cmd_queue;
 	/* max_len for cmd_queue; in addition, cmd_callback can use two



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